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Who aired what where: Lesser-known syndicated shows

When did Peter Marshall's variety show get produced? I never knew he had one.
It ran for one season in 1976-77 and had a MASSIVE 22-piece orchestra; the producers wanted Peter to downsize that and the show's budget, but he refused.

Also airing in the ATL:

Your Big Break--WATL (KATN in Fairbanks)
The Cindy Margolis Show--WUVG
Grudge Match (hosted by Jesse Ventura)--WXIA
Scratch (teen magazine show from KXTV Sacramento)--WUPA
Total Recall 2070--WUVG
Moral Court--WGCL
Big Break (hosted by Natalie Cole)--WSB
National Enquirer TV--WAGA (KFXF?)
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus--WGCL (KATN)
Dr. Laura (the TV show)--WAGA
Power of Attorney--WAGA
Change of Heart--WUPA
Candid Camera (Dom DeLuise version)--WXIA (KEVN in Rapid City, S.D. while I lived there from 1991-92)

I'll try to gather more from the '90s and especially the '70s, '80s, and maybe, maybe the '60s next time.
 
I can add a couple more from Seattle
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - KONG @ 5pm weekdays around 2001
Change of Heart - KTWB late evening
Candid Camera (Dom DeLuise) - don't know Seattle but KGW 8 aired it in Portland.
 
I seem to recall that in Atlanta WAGA carried the Dom DeLuise version of "Candid Camera" at 11:30 PM.

OOPS!!!!! By the way, the '70s version aired on WSB (but not in Alaska, so those USA Network reruns in the '80s were new to them)

WAGA also aired Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (which, according to bpatrick, fell victim to whatever WSB and WXIA aired opposite them), Personalities (a celebrity interview show originally hosted by Charlie Rose), and Ozzie's Girls.

The Mouse Factory (brought up in Page 1)? I'm thinking it too was on WSB, unless the listings say otherwise.
 
Some lesser-known shows airing in the Duluth, MN/Superior, WI market over the years...

Cameo Theatre
I've never found ANYONE else who remembers this series. They were ultra-low-budget anthology dramas produced by NBC's syndication arm, set against a solid black "limbo" background (thus putting the actors "in a cameo," hence the title.) Doorways were simply stood up, and windows, picture frames, etc. hung from "spirit" wires. It was in color, and if I recall correctly, hour-long; WDSM-TV (now KBJR) used it as a perennial filler in the 60's/early 70's.

The Golddiggers
Wild, Wild World of Animals
Across The Seven Seas
Exercise With Gloria
The Bobby Goldsboro Show
The Mancini Generation
Championship Bowling

Chmielewski Fun Time
Pronounced shim-a-LESS-kee; Florian Chmielewski and his polka band, produced during the 70's in Duluth at KDAL-TV (now KDLH) and syndicated to probably a couple dozen markets in the midwest. Featuring Florian's daughter Patti singing over and over (through her nose) her "hit," "I've Got A Polish Boyfriend." Pat Cadigan, who played electric bass in the band, is still on KDAL radio (he must be past 80 by now) doing their morning wake-up shift, and of course, da polka show, dontcha know.

Celebrity Billiards with Minnesota Fats
Upbeat! (a syndie teen dance party)
Dolly! (Parton)
The Byron Allen Show (80's weekly version)
The Monte Carlo Show

The Lorenzo & Henrietta Music Show
Sheena (Gena Lee Nolan version)
Both of these played up here largely because the stars were from this area; Lorenzo (Jerry) Music, though born in Brooklyn, was raised in Duluth and met his bride-to-be, Henrietta (Dorothy) there; not sure if she was a local girl or not. Gena Lee Nolan was born in Duluth and grew up in Superior (too cold here for jungle girls...) I understand she still has family here and visits occasionally...I think if I ever saw her walking down the street, I'd drop in my tracks!

Telly Savalas was definitely NOT from this area, but he visited here frequently and made some commercials (on the cuff as far as I know) promoting Duluth tourism.
 
You can add a couple more country music shows to this list.

Donna Fargo's show from 1978-1979. Never have seen the show but have read that it was produced by the Osmonds and never aired in San Antonio.
Jimmy Dean's show from 1974-1976. Not the same show as the earlier Jimmy Dean shows from the 1950s and 1960s. May have aired in San Antonio on KSAT
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition's "Rollin' On The River" and later "Rollin'" from 1971-1973. Never aired in San Antonio.
Bobby Goldsboro's show as mentioned. Never aired in San Antonio.

With the exception of "Rollin'", I can't even find anything of the other shows on YouTube or anywhere else not even clips leading me to believe that the shows were either wiped out or the producers have them in a vault somewhere.
 
Special Los Angeles edition:
Mummies Alive - KCOP
Andromeda - KTLA
Monster Rancher - KCAL
My World - KCET
Bananas in Pajamas - KCAL
 
Lorenzo and Henrietta Music's show ran all of five weeks in the fall of 1976. WSB carried it at 12:30 PM, but by the end of October was carrying "Divorce Court" at 12:30 and "Liars Club" at 1.

"Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" originally aired in Atlanta on Tuesdays at 7:30 on WAGA, right before "Maude." It got massacred by "Wild Kingdom" on WSB and "To Tell The Truth" on WXIA. Channel 5 then moved it to Saturdays just before "All In The Family," where it proceeded to get clobbered by "Hee Haw" on WSB.
Some other miscalls on WAGA were Bobby Goldsboro's show, Andy Williams' short-lived 1976 show, "The $128,000 Question," and "Music Hall America."

Peter Marshall's show aired in Atlanta Sundays at 11:30 PM on WXIA, directly against Sammy Davis Jr.'s "Sammy And Company" on WSB. Sammy's show lasted longer (two seasons) but was really not much more successful in the ratings than Peter's show.

And here's one I don't know if anyone remembers (or even if one of their local stations carried it): "The Anniversary Game." In 1969, a cash-strapped ABC asked (told might be a better word) its o&os to develop a program or programs that could be placed into national syndication through what was then ABC Films, giving the network additional income. Ed Nelson (yes, of "Peyton Place") hosted a morning talk show on WABC that almost made it into syndication, but the only show that did was the aforementioned "Anniversary Game" out of KGO San Francisco. Alan Hamel was the host of this part q&a/part stunt show. and Suzanne Somers was the model (that's where they met and, of course, later married--as her manager, he demanded a higher salary for her on "Three's Company" and got her kicked off the show). Three stations in my part of the country carried it: WFMY Greensboro, WSPA Spartanburg, SC, and WXIA.

Another game show from the same era that had a fairly wide syndication and was distributed on a barter arrangement with Colgate-Palmolive, IIRC, was "The Movie Game." In its first season, Sonny Fox was host and it had two teams each consisting of a contestant and two celebrities answering movie-trivia questions. The format changed in its second year to two three-celebrity teams, and Larry Blyden became the new host (he went from there to "What's My Line?" when "Movie Game" ended in 1972). A regular feature was the show's end game, in which columnist Army Archerd asked rapid-fire questions over a 90-second time limit. I seem to recall John Wayne being a celebrity guest one week. In some ways the show resembled "Sports Challenge," which had two teams of sports stars (for example, veterans of the Yankees vs. veterans of the Dodgers) and the rapid-fire questions replaced by the "Bonus Biography Round," with announcer Johnny Gilbert (who also announced "Movie Game") giving biographical clues to the identity of a famous sports figure and which often determined the outcome of the game.
 
Oh, wow; I'd forgotten all about The Movie Game! We did get that here, along with some of the others previously mentioned (Stand Up and Cheer, Andy Williams, The Mouse Factory, the various Show Biz Inc. country shows, a local edition of PM Magazine, the Cindy Margolis show...I never could figure out exactly what that was supposed to be.) I left them out of my previous entry because I wanted to concentrate on listing shows others hadn't. We also had UFO, Space 1999, and the perennial Death Valley Days.

Wasn't there a half-hour access show in the early 70's that was a sci-fi/horror anthology, sort of a very poor man's "Twilight Zone," shot on tape with very cheezy special effects, possibly made in Canada? This was long before Tales From The Darkside, etc. Anybody remember the title?
 
Wasn't there a half-hour access show in the early 70's that was a sci-fi/horror anthology, sort of a very poor man's "Twilight Zone," shot on tape with very cheezy special effects, possibly made in Canada? This was long before Tales From The Darkside, etc. Anybody remember the title?
That would be "Strange Paradise", or as I called it in the forgotten shows thread, "Dark Shadows on Acid." According to bpatrick's listings, the closest market to Atlanta that had this was Chattanooga (WDEF; wasn't seen in Alaska either).

While living in Phoenix in the early '80s, I seem to remember "Breakaway" (dunno which station) and "Taking Advantage" (KTSP, now KSAZ). And during my year-long residency in South Dakota, there was "Love Stories" on KOTA. I'm betting the almighty WSB had any of those shows!
 
I don't think it was "Strange Paradise;" wasn't that a daily serial like Dark Shadows with a continuing cast? This was a weekly show with a different cast and a self-contained story each week. Thanks though. (I could be wrong too, y'know!)
 
Bananas in Pajamas was on KCPQ in Seattle/Tacoma around 1996-98. Back when KCPQ, a Fox station, had no news at all! They finally added news early in 1998 with a 30-minute 10PM newscast and a morning show in 2000.
And of course, the widely common topic of "Sailor Moon"...it was on KTZZ in Seattle around 9am weekdays.
I'll also throw in three more talk shows - Bertice Berry (aired late nights on KOMO-4 in Seattle) 1993-94, and same time period, Can We Shop with Joan Rivers. That aired on KSTW around 1:30AM late nights. Finally we had the trash talk "Greg Behrendt Show" in 2006-07. That aired on KCPQ in Seattle.

-crainbebo
 
Hampton Roads examples

Here's what I can recall off-hand (mostly from old video tapes I scoured for upload material; thus most were late-1980s to mid-1990s) from what I've seen listed so far.

WYAH/WGNT aired the Charles Perez Show; Baywatch Nights (appropriate considering they carried the parent show); Tempestt; Honey I Shrunk the Kids; High Tide (a Baywatch clone starring Rick Springfield of "Jessie's Girl" fame) and Superboy.

WVBT aired She Spies at one point and I think WTVZ did as well for a while. I think they carried Bananas in Pajamas as well.

WTVZ and later WGNT ran Acapulco H.E.A.T. WTVZ also carried VIBE. I think they had Texas Justice as well.

WTKR (from research) ran PM Magazine locally. 'TKR also carried the last syndicated Price is Right version and Power of Attorney.

WAVY ran She's the Sheriff and D.C. Follies. Back when it was syndicated before moving to Disney Channel; WAVY apparently carried KIDS Incorporated at one point. Also; WAVY ran Superior Court opposite the People's Court and Vicki Lawrence's short-lived talk show.

WVEC aired the Wil Shriner Show during its lone season (1987-88).
 
COMPLETELY forgot about Wil Shriner! Aired on KOIN-6 in Portland and KING-5 in Seattle.
What about "Women to Women" - a Telepictures syndicated talk show around 1983-84? I know KOMO 4 aired that in Seattle.

-crainbebo
 
What about "Women to Women" - a Telepictures syndicated talk show around 1983-84? I know KOMO 4 aired that in Seattle.
"Woman to Woman" -- aired on KIMO (now KYUR) in Anchorage -- was actually by Golden West Television, the production arm of KTLA's then-owners Golden West Broadcasters.

KYUR during that period also aired "The 20-Minute Workout", while KTVF and KTVA had "Morning Stretch" (another Golden West show both stations had was "The Richard Simmons Show.")

"PM Magazine" lesser-known? That show was a ratings powerhouse all over the country, with local versions in almost all 50 states (KTBY was the only Alaskan station that ran it in the mid-'80s)!
 
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Talking to friends and looking thru some old material I have, I believe the low-budget Twilight Zone knock-off I recalled from the early 70's was "The Evil Touch," which was produced in Australia and syndicated here by Allied Artists TV.

Another possibility might be "The Next Step Beyond," a sequel (Canadian-made, I think) to the 50's series "One Step Beyond" (or as its titles always looked to me, "Beyond Step One,") :) but I'm pretty sure now "Evil Touch" was it. Someone suggested "Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected," but that came along later, more like around 1980, and I can't recall it running in my area.

Flipping thru an old TV almanac listing syndicators and their products reminded me of a few other forgotten shows...Sha-Na-Na (one of the better variety half-hours,) The Galloping Gourmet (Graham Kerr, pronounced "care," and his sequel series "Take Kerr,") Soap Factory Disco, Star Blazers (Japanese animation,) The Guinness Game, Norm Crosby's Comedy Shop. Also fillers and inserts like Paul Harvey's Comments, Mr. Food (shopping advice and recipes), and Cartoon-a-Torial (a daily animated political cartoon, running, if I recall, about 15 seconds each!)
 
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PM Magazine is not lesser-known like johnnya2k6 said. In Seattle it was on KIRO-7 with some local segments. KOMO 4 aired a local show called "PM NORTHWEST" - now that's a bit confusing. Once I posted a Seattle/Tacoma schedule to this board and screwed up PM Magazine with PM Northwest!
Morning Stretch was on WENY-36 in Elmira NY based on my 1985 PA-NY State Edition TV Guide. 9AM ET weekdays.
I also see that the short-lived "Joe Forrester" crime drama seemed to be syndicated years later - WOLF 38 in Scranton PA aired it at 1:15AM Saturday night/Sunday morning (odd time).

-crainbebo
 
Aired on KCPQ 13 (Fox) in Seattle - they also aired the preempted CBS Family Feud and daytime Wheel of Fortune (I think both NBC, Pat/Rolf/Bob and CBS with Bob Goen).

-crainbebo
 
And the syndicated run of "9 to 5"? It was never shown in Fairbanks, but reruns still aired well into 1990; I remember watching them late nights on WWL (New Orleans).

By the way...they still do the Mr. Food news inserts today even if he's been dead for some time.

Another syndie filler series was "Today In Music History" on WGN -- when they were still a superstation -- and hundreds of other stations.
 
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